Comparison

Mental Haze vs Clear The Dots

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Mental Haze

Explore a disturbing world and solve riddles to advance an intriguing story. This psychological horror game features lateral scrolling, inventory management, and crucial decision-making. Immerse yourself in a dark and lonely atmosphere with unique pixel art visuals and fluid animations.

Highlights
  • Lateral scrolling exploration
  • Inventory management
  • Dialogue and decision making
  • Pixel art visuals
  • Immersive sound atmosphere
  • Psychological horror experience
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In Mental Haze you will enter Walter Miller's psyche, experiencing a reality where confusion and psychological pressure will accompany you at every step, maintaining a constant state of tension and suspense. Throughout diverse and enigmatic scenarios, you will have to use your wits to solve riddles that will allow you to advance in an intriguing and oppressive story. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Game mechanics: • Lateral scrolling to explore every corner of a disturbing world. • Strategic management of the objects you find in your inventory. • Interaction through dialogue and crucial decision making. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why should you play Mental Haze? Mental Haze presents you with detailed and deep scenarios, neat animations and characters that will make you question their intentions. Its constantly evolving sound atmosphere will keep you immersed in the plot, without sacrificing the feeling of darkness and loneliness. The game's visuals fuse a distinctive pixel art style with highly fluid animations and stunning realistic lights and shadows, creating a unique and immersive aesthetic. Mental Haze offers a delicately balanced psychological horror experience, suitable for both those who enjoy extreme terror and those looking for a chilling introduction to the genre. Prepare yourself for a deep story, wrapped in an oppressive atmosphere and charged with tension and suspense at every turn. Enter the mind of Walter Miller, explore the labyrinths of his perception and confront the shadows that lurk in his reality...

About

Clear The Dots

Clear all the dots on the tiles to successfully complete each level. This game offers a straightforward and engaging puzzle experience.

Highlights
  • Dot clearing gameplay
  • Tile-based levels
  • Progressive difficulty
  • Simple mechanics
Features
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Clear the dots on the tiles to complete the level.

Screenshots

Mental Haze4 screens
Clear The Dots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clear The Dots at none against Mental Haze's 1. Clear The Dots also leads on ads (none vs shown). Mental Haze's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mental Haze sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clear The Dots asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mental Haze against 5.0 for Clear The Dots. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mental Haze ships an update fortnightly, Clear The Dots every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mental Haze versus Clear The Dots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMental HazeClear The Dots
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 13 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size336 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSebastian GomezWill Burton

Customer experience

Mental Haze

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Clear The Dots

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mental Haze

One-time1
  • Remove ADS$1.99
None

Clear The Dots

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mental Haze free?
Mental Haze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clear The Dots free?
Clear The Dots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mental Haze or Clear The Dots?
Mental Haze and Clear The Dots are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 10 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Mental Haze or Clear The Dots have ads?
Mental Haze shows ads; Clear The Dots does not.
Which is updated more often, Mental Haze or Clear The Dots?
Mental Haze ships an update fortnightly, and Clear The Dots every 13 months. Most recently, Mental Haze was updated on October 24, 2026 and Clear The Dots on October 17, 2026.

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